December 26th, 2010
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A Christmas Carol – Overnight Ratings
A Christmas Carol – Overnight Ratings
Overnight television ratings show that the Doctor Who special, A Christmas Carol, achieved viewing figures of 10.3 million. It was the second most watched programme of the day with Eastenders coming in first. Final viewing figure will be available in a couple of weeks time.
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MrBearBee
January 3rd, 2011 - 5:56pm;( Im sad cos I hve 2 wait till spring cos thatz wen v new dr who series wll strt!
MrBearBee
January 3rd, 2011 - 5:51pmHi, Crack in time
Yes at the end of that song there was a line saying “Silence will fall, all around”
😀
Crack in time
January 3rd, 2011 - 12:53pmOn Christmas day when doctor who started all of my family and me watched it and within 25 minutes all my family fell asleep and I was left alone watching the flying fish and the giant shark
Crack in time
January 3rd, 2011 - 12:50pmI think River song could be: the rani, the doctors wife, the future doctor or maybe even the doctors mum or sister
Santa Claus
January 3rd, 2011 - 11:43amStarted to watch this episode after looking forward to it for days.Within 15 minutes got bored and started playing on my wifes ipad.I was raised on Doctor Who and ‘The’ Doctor was Jon Pertwee-i’m 47 ! Matt Smith is really hard to understand.He mumbles.Not as ‘unwatchable’ as it used to be .
booboo
January 2nd, 2011 - 10:22pmI think thats what she was singing
That seems to be what she is singing
Crack in time
January 2nd, 2011 - 9:24pmHy I’m new to this site my names Ben but did anyone notice on A Christmas Carolat the end when Kathrine Jenkins was singing she was singing “silence is fallen” I think thats what she was singing but if anyone agrees can they leave a comment for me
John.P.McManus
January 2nd, 2011 - 10:25amIt was good but I don`t rate it as good a the superb previous christmas specials,but as i have been watching the doctor since episode 1,William Hartnel in the coal yard,nothing could sway my beleif that DR WHO is simply the finest SCI-FI series ever made.
khan
January 2nd, 2011 - 9:42amwhokhan
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khan
January 2nd, 2011 - 9:34amwhokhan
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Spyzelda1
January 2nd, 2011 - 9:31amI watched ‘the Christmas carol’ and I thought that it wasn’t as good as the rest of the doctor who Christmas specials.
I mean, who wants to watch stacey’s dramatic Christmas on eastenders anyway. I much prefer doctor who.
My personal favourite doctor who special was the end of time or the runaway bride.
also on the doctor who website, it says the matt smith is now going to wear a hat on scene!
P.S bow ties are cool!
Anonymous
January 1st, 2011 - 9:44pmim sorry dr who fans eastenders is obviously better cause more people watched staceys dramatic ending too alien sharks fying around havnt seen the xmas specal i liked the runaway bride one best easteders forever <3
GERONIMODANNYBOY97
December 31st, 2010 - 11:09pmHAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!!!!!!!!
Callum Precious
December 31st, 2010 - 3:36pmWell
I’ve Watch It
On Christmas Day
I Got A Present
Like
Doctor Who:The Eleven Doctors Action Figures
And Doctor Who Tardis Playset (With a New Look)
Happy New Year To All…
And To All A Good Night
Only Few Hours To Go Until 2011
Calum Smith
December 31st, 2010 - 3:06pmWell Dreamland kind of does count because it is still a story from the Doctor Who world.
R U N
December 31st, 2010 - 8:47amDr who coming second to Eastenders again?
It should of been:
1. Dr Who
2. The One Ronnie
3. Eastenders.
All Eastenders is some people arguing, and killing each other over boyfriends/girlfriends. Can’t belive its been on since 1985! Dr Who is way more exicting! But the two shows are very diffrent. Dr who is a sci-fi drama, Eastenders a soap opeara!
Series 6 looks amazing! Ood are back! China Dolls look creepy! River naked? Stetsons are cool! Cos they are! And the series will open with a two-parter and will be the fist dr who episodes ever to film in the US on location! Dreamland doesn’t count that was animated!
🙂
:) :D
December 30th, 2010 - 9:30pmNow that Dr who episode was BY FAR the most christmassy episode of Dr Who in its history! I think that the Dr who xmas thing was good, FLYING SHARKS AND FISH THAT SWIM IN FOG! omg! 🙂 Very Funny! Some 1 liners! Micheal Gambon was great, ‘I dispise xmas!’ Katherine Jenkins good in her first acting role! Matt good as his is mostly! ALL cast members were good! But for oVERninght ratings 10.3m ain’t bad at all!
Series6 looks promising! STETSTONS ARE COOL! Then River shoots it! a bit like she shot his fez! OOD R BACK!
yey!
The Pandorica
December 30th, 2010 - 8:24pmHow has Eastenders got higher viewing figures than Doctor Who? Eastenders is rubbish!
someone
December 30th, 2010 - 7:00pmWhy are you all obsesed with eastenders it is rubbish, something like royal family should of come first or even dr who!!!
So there.
A Doc Fan
December 30th, 2010 - 6:43pmA Christmas Carol
Thought the episode was entertaining. I like Matt’s Doctor, and like his different approach. I am confused as to why Amy and Rory are still in the programme. Please Mr Moffatt, can we go back to 1 companion for 1 season. At this rate we will be heading for 3 companions in the show and that didn’t work when Peter Davison was the Doctor. Also can we go back to Murray Gold’s original theme too. With Amy and Rory can the Dr blow up one of the rooms in the tardis that they become trapped in?
Anonymous
December 30th, 2010 - 5:34pmDisagrees wiith every1 who says dr who is better than EastEnders
Anonymous
December 30th, 2010 - 5:34pmcorrie should of been 2nd
Anonymous
December 30th, 2010 - 5:33pmEastEnders is well better than dr who
Anonymous
December 30th, 2010 - 5:33pmyey come on eastenders bye bye stacey
Anonymous
December 30th, 2010 - 5:30pmdisagree with people who said it shuld of got more views than EastEnders cause on EastEnders Stacey (one of the best charecters left)and the truth was out Janine stabbed herself and as a longtime Doctor Who fan i found it was BORING and should of cme 4th with Coronation Street 2nd and Emmerdale 3rd.Dr who is getting boring and the episodes are begging to drag it is not as scary they should make it more scary and move the time slot up to 8:00 i found Merlin and The Sarah Jane Adventures more scary.Well done EastEnders you deserved it seeing Stacey have her Happy Ever After with Lilly was better than dr who once again well done EastEnders,it was always going to beat a childrens tv show.
doctor 24/7
December 30th, 2010 - 11:09amno it should be the most watched! it was much beter than ‘eastenders’
Calum Smith
December 29th, 2010 - 11:07pmYes, well quite a lot of us miss David Tennant, and I am certainly one. But I love Matt Smith’s approach to the show and the way he presents himself.
Tom Farrell
December 29th, 2010 - 10:58pmLong time fan, all the way back to jon Pertwee. Have to say this year’s xmas special best ever and Matt Smith truly a find as the Doc. Don’t miss the previous chap…Tennant, was that his name, at all.
Bit disappointed that show only attracted 10.3 million viewers…didn’t think Amy and Rory needed to be in it at all…use of song at end to tie the whole thing together a stroke of genius…loved the shark…stetsons ARE cool! Can’t wait for new series.
I’ve waited nearly 40 years for Dr Who to be on at Christmas…so don’t knock it while it lasts, people.
Steven :)
December 29th, 2010 - 12:39pmDoes anyone else think that now The Doctor’s screwdrier was destroyed, he’ll start to use the one that River had in Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead?
Calum Smith
December 28th, 2010 - 11:11pmIt’d have been better if Amy and Rory weren’t in the special at all.